Dhaka, May 12 -- The government has a plan to generate 5,000 megawatts of electricity from solar power within the next five years, Iqbal Hasan Mahmood, the minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, said Tuesday.

"Immediately after taking office, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman raised the issue of solar power in his second cabinet meeting and asked us for a concrete plan on how to increase solar power generation," he said, pointing out the government's move towards establishing solar power.

The minister made these remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a seminar titled "Roadmap Towards 10,000 Megawatts Solar Power, 2030," at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), marking its 78th founding anniversary....